Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said Thursday it is building two new data centers in Metro Manila and Pampanga to serve the growing demand for bandwidth-heavy applications among broadband subscribers.
The company said it started the construction of the data centers with a combined 1,500 racks that are set to open by next year.
“This future-proofing investment is in anticipation of the massive demand in the coming years for more data-intensive applications in gaming, fintech, OTT, public services, and more,” said Converge chief executive and co-founder Dennis Anthony Uy in a statement.
Converge chief network transformation officer Paulo Martin Santos said both data centers aimed to achieve Uptime Institute tier 3 certification.
“With a tier 3 data center, each and every capacity component and distribution path in a site can be removed on a planned basis for concurrent maintenance or replacement without impacting operations,” Santos said.
Converge aims for a tier 3 certification for both design and facility (lifetime certificate). “More so, future proofing our DCs, we are also exploring liquid cooling solutions for high density computing AI graphic processing units [GPUs],” Santos said.
“Part of our promise is to have the best fiber network and infrastructure in the Philippines; staying true to this promise, we are investing in the best possible network architecture and that’s why we’ve been partnering with world-class technology partners – to supply the best equipment and solutions to our data centers,” Uy said.
Among these recent partners is global tech giant Super Micro Computer Inc. which will provide rack-scale liquid-cooling solutions. This means the servers are ready to take on large-scale AI workloads which generate immense heat and which often present a risk to the longevity of data center equipment.
